Chapter 68

Cerys's POV

No matter what he said, one of us would bleed.

My brother's silence pressed heavier than the storm clouds outside. Balthazar's jaw tightened as though he could anchor himself against the pull of truth. Tonight, I had already endured more humiliation than most wolves could in a lifetime-but still, he hesitated.

"They were never mated," he said at last, his voice level, face turned delib